Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the 0-25 Disability Service Team to work full time based in Medway.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £56,437 per annum.
Main duties:
- To monitor and take responsibility for the effectiveness of Social Care/Early Help services for children and their family and/or specialist services within your team. Allocate and monitor work.
- To recognise that the role forms part if a broader service provision, whereby the post holder will, on occasion by expected to manage or support other teams or staff.
- To ensure that staff fully understand the practice expectations of them. This will necessitate setting clear standards and giving appropriate direction, referring to policy and procedure, legislation, national minimum standards, inspection frameworks and practice guidance relevant to the team/service.
- To be alert to changes in activity or need within the team, and to develop new initiatives as directed by the service manager.
- To manage budgetary expectations, keeping a clear value of money.
- To be acutely aware of local and national indicators relevant to the service, and ensure that staff have a firm understanding of their context and importance in optimising outcomes. To monitor individuals and team performance against these indicators, and to take reparative actions as necessary.
- To have quality assurance systems in place, whereby practice is monitored and performance issues addressed.
- To use data and performance information to drive practice.
- To mentor and support staff development to enable the Council to fulfil its requirements in relation to registration with the HCPC and other relevant professional bodies including practice standards, conduct and professional development.
- To recognise the importance of inspections and to ensure that teams are fully briefed and prepared. It is essential that teams understand the context and importance of the inspection process and function, and maintain high standards at all times.
- To contribute to the selection of personal and ensure systems of vacancy control, application, selection and appointment are followed in line with legal procedural requirements and service needs.
Requirements of this Team Manager job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Continual professional development.
- Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
